Method oe pumping water out op vessels



UNITEDmm ALExANnER KIRKwoon, or ELDERS FERRY, MISSISSIPPI.

I/IEfrIIoD or RUIVIPING WATER our" oF VvEssEI/s.

speccation ofLietters PatenntiNo.

" lfToaZZ may Crn ff* `Ble it 'known AthatQI, ALEXANDER KIRK- woon, ofElders Ferryyinthecountyof Jack* Y son and State i of Mississippi, have Invented af new `and Improved Mode of PumpingA e YVater` Out of Vessels; andI do hereby de- `fclarethat the following is afull and exact Theqnature of, my" invention consists" in `forcingwater.out atiftheibottomof avessel, f thereby `avoiding the `labor and expense of "raising y the` water p a bove the level'of the wateroutside.1*-`

\ [if rlloqenableothers skilled in'the art to make 1 use my invention rIwill proceed to p debe" 1its? `iconstructioIifand` operation.

Irst makea box and for proportion say six inches widelfourinches deep and `fourteen `inchesflongilIhen `put in two partitions "dividifng the box into three parts or I spaces as shown;atAi` B; and C, the accompanying.` drawing and each Ipartition *smust have fanopening: through it on which openings valves arefapplied asfshown at cZ andve andjin the ,bottomi` of the Space b I e make a hole f; thenturn the box over with theopen partldown;` then into the hole` f I insert a cylinder@` into which mustoperate 12,458,` dated February 27, 1855.

space Cibore a hole through the bottom of `allowing` the cylinder g to ll with water and on the `downward motion of the piston IL the valve d closes and the valve e opens `allowing the water to force into the space e and through the hole out at the bottom of the vessel. i There could easily bea safety valve atvessel when the pump is not in operationas described in my original specifications, but that would be unnecessary because water from the outside cannot pass the valve e nor the valve al, neither can it pass'through the cylinder g because the head ofthe piston 7L is packed and air tight.

e e e e p to secure by Letters Patent isa piston @the head ofpwhich must work air` tightythentf theopenfpart ofthe box to 1*?ftheubottomuof the` boat andby packing or` "otherwise makelit toltfitywater `tight except- Qing that under the edgesoftheboxat the spacea therelmust beopenings made to ad- "Initwater intofthattpart:of.the box. The box-el must beyfastened down with clamps, "screwsgfor ot,herwise,` `fso that it can be removed from the spotwhen required. I then @take up the boxyand immediately` under the A. IIIRKwooIS Witnesses ELIZABETH Woon,

A. CHAUTEROUT.

tached to close the hole in the bottom ofthe e 

